Aonuma on decision to remake Wind Waker, going back to buttons on 3DS, Mario 3D Land inspiration, Zelda Wii U, difficulty with multiplayer
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
Wired’s interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma is up now for viewing, and it contains a lot of interesting nuggets about Nintendo’s classic series.
Aonuma commented on all three current Zelda projects: Wind Waker HD, A Link Between Worlds, and Zelda Wii U. Topics include the decision to remake Wind Waker (there was pushback internally!), the change to full button control on the 3DS with A Link Between Worlds and how Aonuma gained inspiration from Super Mario 3D Land, the difficulty in implementing multiplayer, and more.
Nintendo keeping region locking in place due to parental controls and game ratings
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 7 Comments
For some of its systems, Nintendo decided against implementing a region lock. But now we’re in an era in which all of the Big N’s hardware make use of the functionality. Both the 3DS and Wii U do not allow games to be played outside of their original regions.
Why has Nintendo decided to adopt such an uncompromising stance? According to a statement from Nintendo of America, region locks allow for parental controls and “ensure compliance with regional standards and rating systems.” And no: Nintendo’s region locks aren’t going anywhere.
“Nintendo has no plans to remove region locking from our systems. By taking this approach, Nintendo is able to include parental controls and ensure compliance with regional standards and rating systems.”
Amazon: Nintendo Land for $21
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Over on Amazon, Nintendo Land is available
for just $20.99. That’s one of the lowest prices we’ve seen for the game yet.
You’ll be saving $39 (or 65%) with a purchase. Nintendo Land originally went for $60 when it launched alongside Wii U last year.
Injustice: Gods Among Us – General Zod history video
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GameStop ad (7/3 – 7/9)
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GameStop’s weekly ad has gone live. It’s another very slow week for the retailer, but perhaps something will pique your interest.
Media Create software sales (6/24 – 6/30)
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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] Gundam Breaker
02./00. [PSV] Toukiden #
03./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl
04./00. [PSP] Toukiden
05./00. [PS3] Atelier Escha & Logy: The Alchemist of Empty Twilight #
06./00. [3DS] Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode
07./03. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
08./01. [PS3] The Last of Us
09./02. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
10./00. [PS3] Date A Live: Rine Utopia #
11./06. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
12./00. [PSP] Urakata Hakuoki #
13./07. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
14./00. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition
15./00. [PS3] Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
16./00. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd Kai HD Edition
17./00. [PSP] Starry Sky: After Autumn Portable #
18./13. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
19./00. [PSP] Onigokko! Portable #
20./05. [3DS] Kuma-Tomo
High School DxD 3DS screenshots
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Undead Bowling, Chain Blaster hitting the North American 3DS eShop this month
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We recently posted about Zombie Bowling, a new 3DS eShop game from G-Style. It has since been confirmed that Zombie Bowling (under the name Undead Bowling) as well as Chain Blaster (another title from G-Style) will be available in North America later this month. Both will be priced at $6.99.
